potager

noun /ˈpɒtaʒeɪ/

1. A kitchen garden; sometimes used attributively.

   while he could not get into it until he obtained the keys from Bechet the notary, he had a picnic or two in the dilapidated garden and the herb potager, now run hopelessly to seed and weed.

2. A porringer.

   obsolete

   An INDIAN DISH or Potager. Made alſo of the Barque of a Tree, with the Sides and Rim ſewed together after the manner of Twiggen-Work.

Where it comes from

From Middle English potager, from Middle French potager, from potage. The pronunciation is sometimes altered to imitate the pronunciation of French potager.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry potager (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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